Dictionary of english idioms and idiomatic expressions

(BQ) The dictionary will prove useful for native speakers who are looking for synonymous idiomatic phrases. Many phrases can be expressed in a variety of ways, and this dictionary, through crossreferencing, can lead the native speaker to equivalent forms with the same or similar meaning. The index provides a means for a writer to find the most appropriate phrase for a given purpose. Native speakers can find most of what they want by looking up words representing key ideas in the index and following the references to phrases in the dictionary itself.

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This dictionary is a collection of the idiomatic phrases andsentences that occur frequently in American English. The third editioncontains more than one thousand idiomatic expressions not listed in thesecond edition and a number of new features that provide additional con-venience and simplicity.

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A bit much If something is excessive or annoying, it is a bit much. A chain is no stronger than its weakest link This means that processes, organisations, etc, are vulnerable because the weakest person or part can always damage or break them. A day late and a dollar short (USA) If something is a day late and a dollar short, it is too little, too late. A fool and his money are soon parted This idiom means that people who aren't careful with their money spend it quickly. 'A fool and his money are easily parted' is an alternative form of the idiom....

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A bit much If something is excessive or annoying, it is a bit much. A day late and a dollar short (USA) If something is a day late and a dollar short, it is too little, too late. A fool and his money are soon parted This idiom means that people who aren't careful with their money spend it quickly. 'A fool and his money are easily parted' is an alternative form of the idiom. A fool at 40 is a fool forever If someone hasn't matured by the time they reach forty, they never will.

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Từ điển thành ngữ tiếng Anh và thành ngữ là một danh sách các bảng chú giải thuật ngữ Thành ngữ tiếng Anh rất phổ biến và danh sách những thành ngữ.Danh sách thành ngữ này rất tiện dụng và trình bày trong một cách thức ngắn gọn để sinh viên có thể dễ dàng ghi nhớ chúng

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All languages have phrases or sentences that cannot be understood liter- ally. Even if you know the meaning of all the words in a phrase and under- stand all the grammar of the phrase completely, the meaning of the phrase may still be confusing. Many proverbs, informal phrases, and common say- ings offer this kind of problem. A phrase or sentence of this type is said to be idiomatic. This dictionary is a collection of the idiomatic phrases and sentences that occur frequently in American English. The third edition contains more than one thousand idiomatic expressions not listed in...

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